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Kirk Gibson

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Full Name: Kirk Harold Gibson Primary Position: OF,LF,RF,DH,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/215 First Game: September 8, 1979
Birthdate: May 28, 1957 Final Game: August 10, 1995
Birthplace: Pontiac, Michigan MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Awards
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Kirk Gibson (Kirk Harold Gibson) was born on May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1979 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1980, his rookie year, he hit .263 with 9 home runs and 16 RBI. Gibson played for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Kirk Gibson's best season was 1985, when he slugged 29 home runs, stole 30 bases, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 97 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1979 DET A 12 38 3 9 1 4 .237 .256 .395 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0
1980 DET A 51 175 23 46 9 16 .263 .303 .440 2 1 10 45 1 1 4 0 0
1981 DET A 83 290 41 95 9 40 .328 .369 .479 11 3 18 64 2 1 17 1 9
1982 DET A 69 266 34 74 8 35 .278 .341 .444 16 2 25 41 1 1 9 2 2
1983 DET A 128 401 60 91 15 51 .227 .320 .414 12 9 53 96 4 5 14 3 2
1984 DET A 149 531 92 150 27 91 .282 .363 .516 23 10 63 103 8 3 29 6 4
1985 DET A 154 581 96 167 29 97 .287 .364 .518 37 5 71 137 5 3 30 16 5
1986 DET A 119 441 84 118 28 86 .268 .371 .492 11 2 68 107 7 1 34 4 8
1987 DET A 128 487 95 135 24 79 .277 .372 .489 25 3 71 117 5 1 26 8 5
1988 LA N 150 542 106 157 25 76 .290 .377 .483 28 1 73 120 7 3 31 14 8
1989 LA N 71 253 35 54 9 28 .213 .312 .368 8 2 35 55 2 0 12 5 5
1990 LA N 89 315 59 82 8 38 .260 .345 .400 20 0 39 65 3 0 26 0 4
1991 KC A 132 462 81 109 16 55 .236 .341 .403 17 6 69 103 6 1 18 3 9
1992 PIT N 16 56 6 11 2 5 .196 .237 .304 0 0 3 12 0 1 3 0 1
1993 DET A 116 403 62 105 13 62 .261 .337 .432 18 6 44 87 4 0 15 4 2
1994 DET A 98 330 71 91 23 72 .276 .358 .548 17 2 42 69 3 2 4 3 2
1995 DET A 70 227 37 59 9 35 .260 .358 .449 12 2 33 61 3 0 9 3 6
Total NL 326 1166 206 304 44 147 .261 .348 .427 56 3 150 252 12 4 72 19 18
Total AL 1309 4632 779 1249 211 723 .270 .352 .472 204 51 568 1033 49 19 212 53 54
Total 1635 5798 985 1553 255 870 .268 .352 .463 260 54 718 1285 61 23 284 72 72

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1979 DET A RF 2 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 DET A OF 10 8 83 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 DET A CF 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 DET A LF 7 7 63 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 DET A CF 49 41 383.1 122 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1980 DET A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 DET A OF 49 41 383.1 122 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1981 DET A DH 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 DET A RF 38 32 277.2 65 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1981 DET A LF 8 7 64 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 DET A CF 26 24 209 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 DET A OF 68 63 550.2 142 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1982 DET A CF 64 64 566.1 169 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1982 DET A DH 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 DET A OF 64 64 566.1 167 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1983 DET A OF 54 48 417 116 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1983 DET A RF 4 3 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1983 DET A LF 29 27 234 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 DET A DH 66 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 DET A CF 22 18 158 51 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1984 DET A DH 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 DET A OF 140 128 1178 245 4 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1984 DET A CF 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 DET A RF 140 128 1172 240 4 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1985 DET A RF 126 124 1085.1 232 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1985 DET A CF 20 18 169.2 52 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1985 DET A OF 143 142 1255 286 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1985 DET A DH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 DET A OF 114 113 986.2 190 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1986 DET A CF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 DET A RF 114 113 984.2 192 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1986 DET A DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 DET A DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 DET A OF 121 119 1044.1 253 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1987 DET A CF 2 2 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 DET A LF 119 117 1026.1 250 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1988 LA N LF 148 147 1278.2 314 7 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1988 LA N CF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 LA N OF 148 147 1281.2 311 6 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1989 LA N LF 62 51 464.2 117 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1989 LA N CF 15 15 114 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1989 LA N OF 70 66 578.2 146 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1990 LA N OF 81 80 668.1 191 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1990 LA N CF 70 69 577.1 162 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 LA N LF 11 11 91 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1991 KC A OF 94 91 780.1 162 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1991 KC A RF 3 2 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1991 KC A LF 91 89 759.1 157 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1991 KC A DH 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 PIT N OF 13 13 112 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1992 PIT N RF 13 13 112 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 DET A DH 76 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1993 DET A LF 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 DET A OF 32 27 238 76 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1993 DET A CF 30 27 234 74 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1994 DET A CF 23 20 180 48 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1994 DET A DH 56 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1994 DET A RF 15 12 104 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1994 DET A OF 38 32 284 76 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1995 DET A RF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 DET A OF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 DET A DH 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total DH 327 309 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 456 428 3798.1 794 12 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 .969
Total LF 477 456 3985 949 23 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total CF 325 298 2625.2 785 10 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total OF 1240 1182 10409 2523 41 63 12 0 0 0 0 0 .976

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the free-agent draft on June 6, 1978.
  • Granted free agency on November 12, 1985.
  • Signed by the Detroit Tigers on January 8, 1986.
  • Granted free agency on January 22, 1988.
  • Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 29, 1988.
  • Granted free agency on November 5, 1990.
  • Signed by the Kansas City Royals on December 1, 1990.
  • Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Neal Heaton on March 10, 1992.
  • Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 5, 1992.
  • Signed by the Detroit Tigers on February 10, 1993.
  • Granted free agency on November 5, 1993.
  • Signed by the Detroit Tigers on February 4, 1994.
  • Granted free agency on October 28, 1994.
  • Signed by the Detroit Tigers on April 7, 1995.

[edit] Awards

  • National League MVP in 1988
  • ALCS MVP in 1984
  • Silver Slugger for the National League Outfielders in 1988

[edit] Trivia

  • Set the world record in 1987 by flying a cessna 206 25,200 feet
  • Only MVP ever to not go to All-Star game decling invitations in 1985 and 1988

[edit] Video Gallery

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